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Froger

03-26-2007 11:50 AM

Reasonable Articulation?

TLT, SW2, 12.5 WB, 2 ½? CG - What amount of articulation would be reasonable/ acceptable/ optimal? I can get a put a tire on top of a stick pack battery standing on end. Whoopie… It is not a Scale Rig but I would like it to be comparable to a 1:1 comp. rig.

Wookiebiker

03-26-2007 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Froger (Post 645905)

Generally a normal 12oz pop can (5.5") is used as a somewhat standard for flex/articulation. Most have found that you really don't need any more than that for a capable crawler. Some of the torsion crawlers only have 1"-3" of articulation and do quite well due to a low CG.

However, you can have too much articulation in your suspension.

mrpink

03-26-2007 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wookiebiker (Post 645977)

However, you can have too much articulation in your suspension.

and that is worse then too little.

Etype R

03-26-2007 01:50 PM

My current comp truck doesn't have a ton of flex, but it is very predictable on the rocks. Just build your truck up and run it, tweak it from there.

BENDER

03-26-2007 04:46 PM

I'd say 5" max is about all you need for a 2.2 Class rig, or about the height of a 2.2 Moab.

LIKES2CRAWL

03-27-2007 02:07 AM

You get to much and you'll be flopping over all the time.:roll:

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